Crowdsourcing to Expand HIV Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in China: A Closed Cohort Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Initiatives
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The purpose of this stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) was to evaluate a comprehensive crowdsourced intervention to increase HIV testing up take among MSM in China.
Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.
- Start Year
- 2016
- End Year
- 2017
- Funding
- This study received support from the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFE0103800), the National Institutes of Health (NIAID 1R01AI114310-01), UNC-South China STD Research Training Center (FIC 1D43TW009532-01), UNC Center for AIDS Research (NIAID 5P30AI050410), NIMH (R34MH109359), UJMT Fogarty Fellowship (FIC R25TW0093), the North Carolina Translational & Clinical Sciences Institute (1UL1TR001111), SMU Research Initiation Project (QD2017N030, C1034448), Youth Talent Grant of Guangdong Province (2017WQNCX129), Social Science Young Teacher Supporting Project of Shenzhen University (18QNFC46), and SESH (Social Entrepreneurship to Spur Health) Global.
Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
Marker Paper
Tang W, Wei C, Cao B, et al. Crowdsourcing to expand HIV testing among men who have sex with men in China: A closed cohort stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med. 2018;15(8):e1002645. Published 2018 Aug 28. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002645
PUBMED 30153265
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 1,381
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Timeline
Men Who Have Sex With Men in China:
This intervention was evaluated using a closed cohort stepped wedge cluster RCT in eight Chinese cities.
Selection Criteria
- Gender
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men
- Newborns
- Twins
- Countries
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- China
- Territory
- Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, and Jiangmen in Guangdong province; Jinan, Qingdao, Yantai, and Jining in Shandong province
- Ethnic Origin
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- Health Status
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- Other criteria
- men who have sex with men (MSM)
Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- General population
- General Population
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- Volunteer enrolment
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 1,381
- Number of participants with biosamples
Data Collection Event
MSM were recruited through Blued, a social networking mobile application for MSM.
- Start Date
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2016-08
- End Date
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2017-08
- Data sources
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Mobile data collection
- Smartphone apps
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Mobile data collection